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liberalla

(11,147 posts)
Tue Mar 10, 2026, 02:48 PM Mar 10

Ramstein military base hospital overwhelmed with casualties *

"Hold up... the army hospital that serves the Ramstein military base is reportedly receiving so many casualties that it is forced to close its Labor and Delivery unit." (cont. @ facebook link below)

This is a Meidas Touch News Group
post on Facebook. It includes a memorandum from Landstuhl Regional Medical Center dated 3 March 2026, announcing the closure. They have a few more items included.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1445890616068970/posts/1855795811745113/

Also an article from the Military Times.
Largest US military hospital abroad halts labor, delivery services amid Iran war


* the title was provided/summarized by AI when I was googling for info.... so I used it


We are not being told the truth. Does anyone else have additional information on injuries or deaths from this Iran fiasco?

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Ramstein military base hospital overwhelmed with casualties * (Original Post) liberalla Mar 10 OP
Baghdad Barbie casually said there were"about 140" personnel injured so far underpants Mar 10 #1
CNN reporting on that just now.. Deuxcents Mar 10 #2
They DO lie about everything...If they're telling us 7 are dead, could be 70. spanone Mar 10 #3
Higher than that Blue Full Moon Mar 10 #16
They are taking one fact and creating fantasy around it sarisataka Mar 10 #4
Thank you Deminpenn Mar 10 #5
Deeply appreciated orangecrush Mar 10 #8
It may or may not be fantasy... we'll have to wait and see. liberalla Mar 10 #12
How to watch the airfield? AverageOldGuy Mar 10 #20
That's a very good question! Does anyone know? liberalla Mar 10 #23
Impeach these f ers all of them. 617Blue Mar 10 #6
It's gonna take something WAY more drastic than impeachment. DJ Synikus Makisimus Mar 10 #9
Yes, but it seems no one (who could do the type of things you envision and have them actually work)... OldBaldy1701E Mar 10 #17
I think you just answered the question about DJ Synikus Makisimus Mar 10 #19
I do wonder how far trump and his trolls can go Torchlight Mar 10 #7
This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Mar 10 #10
The only reason I used that was because it's from Meidas Touch. liberalla Mar 10 #13
This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Mar 10 #14
I underatand. I've never had a facebook or X/twitter acct. liberalla Mar 10 #18
Neither have i BeneteauBum Mar 10 #21
I agree but go without with the overuse of the passive aggressive and dismissive nature of "just saying" Ilikepurple Mar 10 #25
They've admitted to 8 dead, but not a word on wounded relayerbob Mar 10 #11
Be careful there- James48 Mar 10 #15
Stars & Stripes is reporting 140 casualties..most injuries are minor chowder66 Mar 10 #22
Data! Thank you for posting - I haven't looked over it yet... I'm at work liberalla Mar 10 #24
Stars and Stripes, controlled by the republican party.................... Lovie777 Mar 10 #27
They are reporting casualties. You don't have to trust them but they don't seem to have a fact issue based on media bias chowder66 Mar 10 #28
I don't think TSF knows rzemanfl Mar 11 #35
Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (LRMC), also known as Landstuhl Hospital,... fargone Mar 10 #26
Anything coming from Meidas Touch is probably sensationalized to the point of unbelievable calguy Mar 10 #29
Meidas Touch is one of the most important rising Democratic friendly channels LiberalLovinLug Mar 10 #31
I don't waste my time with their long, redundant videos calguy Mar 10 #32
This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Mar 10 #33
This is going to cause problems for vet benefits if not a war. cbabe Mar 10 #30
I've seen 150 stated snot Mar 10 #34
It's clear to me the administration is hiding casualties Johnny2X2X Mar 11 #36

underpants

(196,802 posts)
1. Baghdad Barbie casually said there were"about 140" personnel injured so far
Tue Mar 10, 2026, 02:51 PM
Mar 10

8 with major injuries.

Sounds like that’s BS or Landstuhl is preparing for more.

sarisataka

(22,709 posts)
4. They are taking one fact and creating fantasy around it
Tue Mar 10, 2026, 03:10 PM
Mar 10

Fact: the hospital has transferred some L&D services to prepare for an influx of casualties.

Fantasy: such casualties must exist
-they may or may not, the hospital is preparing

Second fantasy: since the casualties must have come from somewhere, the base in Bahrain has been destroyed.
-this is made up with only the first fantasy as evidence

Hint- casualties must be transported to the hospital. If you are looking for proof of massive casualties, watch the airfield not the hospital.

Deminpenn

(17,540 posts)
5. Thank you
Tue Mar 10, 2026, 03:36 PM
Mar 10

There is a lot of extrapolating facts to jump to conclusions fitting what the extrapolator wants to believe.

liberalla

(11,147 posts)
12. It may or may not be fantasy... we'll have to wait and see.
Tue Mar 10, 2026, 03:50 PM
Mar 10

I found a lot of other info that was suggestive that many casualties are headed to Germany. I only linked to things that had a level of credibility, and people could check for themselves.

If there's one administration that doesn't deserve the benefit of the doubt, it's this one.

Recognizing this is not the complete or final picture, and that we need more info... I asked if anyone had additional information.

Thank you for your input.

AverageOldGuy

(3,980 posts)
20. How to watch the airfield?
Tue Mar 10, 2026, 04:29 PM
Mar 10

I have one of those apps that tracks flights so I can keep up with my family's flights. Can I use that for military flights?

DJ Synikus Makisimus

(1,438 posts)
9. It's gonna take something WAY more drastic than impeachment.
Tue Mar 10, 2026, 03:42 PM
Mar 10

Impeachment is another variation on the "strongly worded letter."

OldBaldy1701E

(11,267 posts)
17. Yes, but it seems no one (who could do the type of things you envision and have them actually work)...
Tue Mar 10, 2026, 04:19 PM
Mar 10

Is interested in doing any of it.

So...

Torchlight

(6,921 posts)
7. I do wonder how far trump and his trolls can go
Tue Mar 10, 2026, 03:41 PM
Mar 10

in minimizing, trivializing, and ignoring the severity of international consequences his idiocy has unleashed before realizing no one buys it except for trump and his Florsheim-shod trolls.

Response to liberalla (Original post)

Response to liberalla (Reply #13)

liberalla

(11,147 posts)
18. I underatand. I've never had a facebook or X/twitter acct.
Tue Mar 10, 2026, 04:21 PM
Mar 10

Or a threads or bluesky acct either. (DU is my home!)

BUT, when I was seaching, I looked at the link only because it said Meidas.
Anyway...

Ilikepurple

(727 posts)
25. I agree but go without with the overuse of the passive aggressive and dismissive nature of "just saying"
Tue Mar 10, 2026, 05:11 PM
Mar 10

Even if its roots were to indicate a non-combative intention, it has became a hackneyed attempt to deflect criticism while issuing one’s own. It has evolved into use a burn to imply what I’ve said is so obvious you’d be foolish or naive to argue further. Either way I find it distasteful in political discourse where I feel our criticism, arguments, and ideas should be able to withstand further criticism.

relayerbob

(7,436 posts)
11. They've admitted to 8 dead, but not a word on wounded
Tue Mar 10, 2026, 03:45 PM
Mar 10

Wounded tends to be much greater, perhaps as much as 10x, and that assumes they aren't straight up lying about the dead. I believe exactly zero that comes out of the government at this point.

James48

(5,240 posts)
15. Be careful there-
Tue Mar 10, 2026, 04:12 PM
Mar 10

The closure was announced the very first day of the bombing- as a preparation for what COULD come.

It was NOT closed because they had actual
Casualties overwhelming them. They is not the case.
I have been following this story since the day it was announced in March 1.

Although I know of a few casualties, my military friends are NOT telling me of any high numbers of casualties, and my network friends are in a position to know. I’m a hearing the number 8 dead - and numbers below fifty on the wounded count so far across several nations worth of bases. Too early for accurate data.

chowder66

(12,344 posts)
22. Stars & Stripes is reporting 140 casualties..most injuries are minor
Tue Mar 10, 2026, 04:39 PM
Mar 10

About 140 U.S. service members have been wounded in the first 10 days of the conflict with Iran, the vast majority of which are minor, Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said in an emailed statement Tuesday.

Of those wounded, 108 have already returned to duty, Parnell said. Eight remain severely wounded “and are receiving the highest level of medical care,” he said.

Seven service members have been killed in combat, one in Saudi Arabia and six in Kuwait. Another soldier died in Kuwait of a medical issue.

.....

Since the war began, at least 1,230 people have been killed in Iran, at least 397 in Lebanon and 11 in Israel, according to officials.

Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/theaters/middle_east/2026-03-10/iran-war-day-11-pentagon-wounded-service-members-21018391.html
Source - Stars and Stripes

I think Rammstein is just proactively preparing for more casualties..because they probably don't know what the hell Trump is going to do next.


chowder66

(12,344 posts)
28. They are reporting casualties. You don't have to trust them but they don't seem to have a fact issue based on media bias
Tue Mar 10, 2026, 05:27 PM
Mar 10

Overall, we rate Stars and Stripes as Right-Center Biased based on editorial positions that slightly favor the right. We also rate them High for factual reporting due to proper sourcing and a clean fact-check record.

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/stars-and-stripes/

There are several sources reporting it based on what the Pentagon is reporting. Other than going overseas themselves, they are reporting based on what the Pentagon is telling them.

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/many-150-us-troops-wounded-so-far-iran-war-sources-say-2026-03-10/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/03/10/us-troops-wounded-iran-war/

rzemanfl

(31,409 posts)
35. I don't think TSF knows
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 10:30 AM
Mar 11

what he is going to “do next.” I assume the worst, the hospital probably does too.

fargone

(633 posts)
26. Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (LRMC), also known as Landstuhl Hospital,...
Tue Mar 10, 2026, 05:17 PM
Mar 10

reportedly has 65 level II trauma beds (https://landstuhl.tricare.mil/About-Us). Those could fill up quickly if there was a major casualty event. Total number of beds is around 1000. A new hospital is under construction. It is the largest US hospital outside of the country

calguy

(6,160 posts)
29. Anything coming from Meidas Touch is probably sensationalized to the point of unbelievable
Tue Mar 10, 2026, 05:39 PM
Mar 10

I don’t trust a single thing those hypsters say anymore.

LiberalLovinLug

(14,705 posts)
31. Meidas Touch is one of the most important rising Democratic friendly channels
Tue Mar 10, 2026, 05:53 PM
Mar 10

Sure, I would agree on the graphics of the thumbnail picture for their YouTube channel. Way over the top. But perhaps that is just the way of things to get people to click on it. I can live with it.......

Because the actual content is top quality. Ben especially. He details daily what the latest crimes are. He watches it all, so we don't have to. Has on good guests as well.

Never understood why, in this age of RW media dominance, Democrats are so damn picky about the channels that actually are on our side. They need our support more than ever.

Response to LiberalLovinLug (Reply #31)

Johnny2X2X

(24,302 posts)
36. It's clear to me the administration is hiding casualties
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 10:35 AM
Mar 11

Whatever happened with the American Soldier being captured vs killed?

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